**๐ Today’s Tech & AI News Digest ๐**
๐ค Major AI Assistant Upgrades: Microsoft Copilot & Mico
Microsoft unveils new Copilot features and introduces Mico, an expressive AI assistant, deepening integration across Windows, Edge, and Microsoft 365.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-copilot-gets-12-big-updates-for-fall-including-new-ai-assistant
๐ OpenAI Expands with Company Knowledge and Mac Interface
OpenAI launches company knowledge integration in ChatGPT and acquires a startup to enhance AI-powered desktop interfaces for Mac.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-launches-company-knowledge-in-chatgpt-letting-you-access-your-firms
๐ฅ๏ธ AI Browsers: Microsoft Challenges OpenAI
Microsoft launches Copilot Mode in Edge, directly competing with OpenAIโs Atlas in the emerging AI browser space.
๐ Turbo AI: Young Founders Build Viral AI Notetaker
Turbo AI, created by two 20-year-old dropouts, rapidly grows to 5 million users with its AI-powered note-taking tool.
๐ฎ EA and Stability AI Partner for Game Development
EA teams up with Stability AI to co-develop transformative tools, ushering AI into game creation workflows.
https://www.theverge.com/news/805777/ea-stability-ai-transformative-game-development-tools
๐ผ๏ธ Instagram Adds Meta AI Editing Tools to Stories
Meta brings advanced AI-powered photo and video editing directly to Instagram Stories, making creative features more accessible.
๐ผ Palantir and Lumen Forge $200M Enterprise AI Partnership
Palantir partners with Lumen Technologies for a multi-year, $200M deal to deliver enterprise AI services.
โก Second Life for EV Batteries: Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Redwood Materials explores using recycled EV batteries for large-scale energy storage, transforming grid resources.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/can-second-life-ev-batteries-work
๐ AI Surveillance Error: Police Swarm Over Doritos Bag
AI gun detection system in schools triggers a false alarm, leading police to confront a student carrying Doritos.
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/armed-police-swarm-student-after-ai-mistakes-bag-of-doritos-for-a-weapon-3273512/
๐ง Transformer Tech Critiqued by Its Own Creator
Sakana AI’s CTO and co-author of ‘transformer’ tech calls for broader research beyond transformers in AI.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/sakana-ais-cto-says-hes-absolutely-sick-of-transformers-the-tech-that-powers
๐ข Corporate AI Failures: Writer AI CEO Calls Out Fortune 500
Writer AI CEO criticizes Fortune 500 leaders for mismanaging AI, warning that poor leadership is harming organizations.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-is-tearing-companies-apart-writer-ai-ceo-slams-fortune-500-leaders-for
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